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If by workstation you mean desktop, then system builders that aren't gaming PC companies exist. Consulting and building for business workloads is Puget System's
by Dracophoenix 5y ago
If by workstation you mean desktop, then system builders that aren't gaming PC companies exist. Consulting and building for business workloads is Puget System's whole business. If you're in the United States or Canada, you should give them a call.
If by workstation you mean a laptop, then you have to work with in the compromises set by the form factor. Light, Powerful, Cool, Cheap. Pick two. The best you can do is look up benchmarks for certain parts, set a minimum performance requirement for your needs, and go from there. Maybe if you gave us an idea of the programs you normally use, the more power-hungry applications you might use every now and then, as well as your budget, you can get a recommendation.
- digitalsanctum 5y agoThanks for the reply. I should have mentioned this to start but I'm planning on building my own system. I still look at what other system builders like Puget Systems use in terms of motherboards, etc. in combination with [1] PCPartPicker.com and hardware review sites. [1] https://pcpartpicker.com https://pcpartpicker.com
- smackeyacky 5y agoOld servers make killer workstations, so perhaps base your specs around that. They often support far more memory and better CPU options than anything else. Having said that, my 2nd programming workstation is an older gaming laptop (an Acer Nitro) - core i7, 32gb of memory, two SSDs. It's not quite the monster that my main machine is (a truly ancient HPE deskside server with dual xeons and 96Gb of memory) but it's pretty darn fast. The server is faster though, especially if you have 3 IDE's running (debugging an IOT project) and a couple of VMs to mimic your deployment scenario.